Protests continue on the 13th day in Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van against the AKP regime’s seizure of the three metropolitan municipalities by removing the elected mayors and appointing trustees in their place.

Taşdemir underlined that the AKP, in terms of domestic politics, has suffered two consecutive defeats in the 21 March and 23 June elections, and it's now trying to implement its chauvinist policies to deepen them.